Digital Women Awards: 6 Indian Women Making An Impact In Artificial Intelligence

For the longest time, artificial intelligence was seen as a man’s world. But now, women entrepreneurs are changing that; not just by joining the field, but by leading with ideas that actually make a difference. From using AI to help people with learning differences to improving healthcare and making businesses smarter, these women are proving that AI, when built with empathy, can make real change.

Women's inclusion and representation in AI matters because they break the mould with their ideas. They think about how AI can help people, not just how it can perform better. 

Women in AI are not a token; they are very much the future of innovation and impact. And that's why SheThePeople's annual Digital Women Awards is committed to celebrating these women who are showing that you don’t have to fit into anyone’s definition to belong in AI. 

Over the years, DWA has spotlighted many exceptional women leaders under the ‘AI and Disruption’ category.  This year, we continue that tradition at the 11th Digital Women Awards and Summit, on November 29 in Hyderabad. From speakers to awardees, we bring together innovators whose disruption truly serves people.

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As we gear up for this celebration, let's have a look at seven Indian women who are reshaping the future of AI.

Nishtha Rohatgi 

Nishtha Rohatgi is the Founder and CEO of AI.HYR, and will be a speaker at the Digital Women Awards 2025.

The Hyderabad-based entrepreneur is building an AI recruiting platform that automates early-stage hiring and helps organisations identify the top 1–5% of talent. 

Her goal is to remove bottlenecks in the hiring process by using data-driven intelligence to assess skills and potential within minutes, enabling companies to hire faster and more efficiently.

With experience across telecom, blockchain, and entrepreneurship, she brings a strong technological and analytical foundation to recruitment innovation.

Sulmeet Kaur

Sulmeet Kaur, the Founder and CEO of Aezo AI, HypeShot AI, will be a speaker at the Digital Women Awards 2025. She is developing a platform that uses AI to simplify market access and accelerate growth for small and medium businesses.

An alumnus of ISB, Hyderabad, she led the Chief Minister’s Delivery Unit within the Planning Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, and collaborated with leading think tanks across Southeast Asia. 

Transitioning to the corporate sector, Sulmeet drove multiple new initiatives for major companies, including Amazon Global Trade and Tata Business Hub.

Krishna Priya Akella

Krishna Priya Akella, Founder and CEO of Starbuzz.ai, will be a speaker at the Digital Women Awards 2025. She is building an influencer marketing ecosystem that helps brands connect with the right creators.

The platform uses data analytics and artificial intelligence to match brands with influencers, track campaign performance, and detect fake followers.

An Electrical & Electronics Engineering graduate and a self-driven university topper, Krishna Priya is also part of an executive program at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Though trained as an engineer, her real passion lay in coding and software development. Through self-learning, she became a skilled full-stack developer, combining her technical knowledge and creativity to bring her entrepreneurial vision to life.

Saumya Prakash

Saumya Prakash, the Co-Founder and Director of Multiplier AI, won a SheThePeople Digital Women Award in 2024 in the ‘AI and Disruption’ category. She is building a platform that uses Artificial Intelligence to make healthcare and pharma smarter.

Speaking at DWA 2024, she said, "When I was 20, I lost my father to medical negligence, which deeply influenced me to improve healthcare standards. Later, when I started Multiplier AI, I was caring for my mother who was battling stage 3 cancer... These challenges shaped me into a stronger and more determined entrepreneur."

Saumya studied Computer Science at BITS Pilani, Bioinformatics at IIIT Hyderabad, and earned an MBA from SP Jain. She also hosts The Pharma Marketing Playbook podcast and authored Her Bold Startup, celebrating women in business. 

Nidhi

Nidhi, the Founder and Tech CEO of NEMA AI, won the SheThePeople Digital Women Award 2023 in the 'AI and Disruption' category.

She is building a neuroscience and AI startup that identifies neurodivergent learning patterns and makes education more personalised & accessible.

At the DWA 2023, she told SheThePeople, "We're working on understanding the brain patterns of students and providing them with efficient ways of learning. Our platform recommends to teachers how they can approach teaching all students. Artificial intelligence is decreasing the amount of manual work for the teachers, which in turn is making them more efficient."

NEMA AI has created India’s first EEG-based (electroencephalogram), patent-pending platform that helps detect and support conditions like Autism, ADHD, and Down Syndrome.

By combining science and technology, Nidhi is making mental health support more data-driven, accurate, and accessible. 

A graduate of Delhi Technological University (DTU) in Electrical, Electronics, and Communication Engineering. Nidhi turned her academic knowledge into real innovation.

Midhula Devabhaktuni 

Midhula Devabhaktuni, Co-founder of Mivi, also won the SheThePeople Digital Women Award in 2023 in the ‘Disruption’ category.

She is building a homegrown tech brand focused on creating high-quality, affordable, Made-in-India gadgets that make technology accessible to everyone.

Speaking with Shethepeople Midhula said, “My motivation was clear: to make technology accessible to everyone, regardless of their income.”

Midhula takes pride in leading a team of 1800+ employees, with 80% being women, and believes that vision, creativity, innovation, adaptability, and resilience are essential for new-age entrepreneurs.

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